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Hoopfest squads call themselves the darndest things

By Annie Szotkowski and Mike Bookey

We’ve gone through the more than 7,000 teams entered in this year’s tournament and handpicked a few of the more amusing titles and handed out some not-soofficial awards to those who went the extra mile. If your squad is not on the list, we’re sorry. You’ll have to turn your attention to the actual basketball.

How we celebrated the big issue.

By Joel Smith

Last Thursday, we published our 18th annual Best of the Inland Northwest readers poll, which, at 120 pages, is one of our biggest papers of the year. To celebrate, we threw a party at the Lincoln Center on March 23 and invited all of our honorees..

What meth would sound like it if it was at all productive.

By Leah Sottile

If meth heads weren’t so busy selling their stuff, they might have beat Owen Hart to making music like this: jacked-up, cranked-out, over-thetop metal with a perma-boner. Save for their drummer, who is no Dave Lombardo (yet), they make Slayer look like a bunch of old guys.

How Spokane got the best party around

By Tammy Marshall

— a 10-year veteran and a major player in First Night — will be teaching people how to make their own magical flute at Merlyn’s Comic Book Shop. Another First Night regular, the Celtic Nots/Haran Irish Dancers, will perform at the Convention Center Ballroom.